Commenting on news that the number of women unemployed has reached 1.09 million, Anna Bird, Acting Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, said: “The government’s approach to reducing the deficit is pushing women out of the workplace, and threatening their financial independence. Recent research found that more than two thirds of jobs lost in local [...]
Newham Asian Women’s Project (NAWP) is a leading women’s organisation in East London. Set up in 1986 to provide specialist support services to Asian women and their children experiencing domestic violence, the project has since developed a range of other services to support Asian women and girls. These services include four refuges, a resource centre, [...]
Date: Friday 2 December 2011 Time: 11am-2pm (registration from 10.30am, lunch and refreshments will be provided). Venue: Tindlemanor, 52-54 Featherstone Street, London, EC1Y 8RT Nearest Tube: Old Street Trainers: Marai Larasi, Director, Imkaan www.imkaan.org.uk and Catherine Briddick, Senior Legal Officer, Rights of Women www.rightsofwomen.org.uk Summary: This free ½ day training workshop will examine the evidential [...]
Imkaan Developing Service Standards … Imkaan is happy to announce that with the support of Trust for London we are developing Service Standards on Working with Forced Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation and ‘Honour’- Based Violence for the Specialist Black Minority Ethnic and Refugee Violence against Women and girls sector. We will be working in partnership [...]
Date: Thursday 17th November Time: 09:30am – 2.00pm Venue: Jubilee Centre, Cathall Road, Leytonstone, London E11 4LA Contact: Harri at development@wrc.org.uk or on 020 7324 3031 Are you an organisation, group, project or network offering services or support to women in Waltham Forest? Would you like to learn more about how you can make your [...]
Speakers: Catherine Briddick, Senior Legal Officer, Rights of Women Pragna Patel, Director, Southall Black Sisters Debora Singer, Policy and Research Manager, Asylum Aid Adam Weiss, Director, the AIRE Centre Invited: Matthew Coates, Gender Champion, UK Border Agency Chair: Emma Scott, Director, Rights of Women Date: Wednesday 7 December 2011 Time: 6-7.30pm followed by refreshments (registration [...]
‘Mobilising Young African Women in the UK’: An afternoon of interactive workshops and panel discussions Time: 2.00pm-7.00pm at the Africa Centre, 38 King Street, London WC2E 8JT Why should you attend this event? Are you fed up with the negative images of Africa especially of women and want to promote a positive view in the [...]
FORWARD is recruiting for the position of Youth Programme Intern The internship enables the candidate opportunity to gain hands on experience of campaigning, facilitation, leadership and project management skills, by supporting the Youth Programme with direct delivery of the project. Closing Date: 5pm, Tuesday 29th of November 2011. Responsibilities include: * Arranging and chairing fortnightly [...]
Hours: Full Time Salary: £30,345 + 3% matched contribution to SWA Stakeholder Pension Scheme. You will be responsible for leading a small staff team working across two refuges in Lambeth. We are looking for someone with at least 2 years direct refuge experience, operational experience of need and risk assessments tools and the ability to [...]
Project: The Women’s Library Treasures Exhibition Application Deadline: 21.11.2011 Aim: Develop and deliver an exhibition which celebrates the 10th anniversary of the opening of The Women’s Library. February 2012 sees the 10th anniversary of the opening of The Women’s Library on its current site at London Metropolitan University. This anniversary exhibition offers an exciting opportunity [...]
